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Science • Jun 03

How heavy can a neutron star get?

The physics of neutron stars are almost too fantastic to believe: something the weight of two suns compacted to a sphere the size of a city.

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Science • Jun 03

NASA Sets Launch Date for Roman Space Telescope

Posted: June 2, 2026 8:47 pm ET | Last Updated: June 2, 2026 9:07 pm ET | NASA has set the date for the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope...

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Science • Jun 03

Almost everyone assumes Venus is our nearest neighbour, but averaged across its orbit the planet closest to Earth is actually Mercury

Most people would say Venus is Earth's nearest planetary neighbour. Averaged across its orbit, though, the planet that stays closest to Earth is Mercury.

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Science • Jun 02

Discovery of a Polar Interstellar Meteor (Polar-IM) from April 1, 2026

Following the rare meteor explosion over Boston at 2:06PM Eastern Time on May 30, 2026, I checked the database of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object...

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Science • Jun 02

Male bowerbirds prefer to dazzle females with bright human-made items

It's a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”...

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Science • Jun 02

The Sky Above: June’s upcoming meteor shower, plus a WA company servicing in space

SEATTLE —. On this June episode of The Sky Above, hosted by Leah Pezzetti: June's full moon details, a summer solstice that squeezes the night to barely...

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Science • Jun 02

Ceres' surface is much more complex than previously thought

The long, puzzling dwarf planet Ceres, in reality the first named asteroid, has surface features that are much more complex than previously thought.

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Science • Jun 02

Much of what we know about the scale of the universe rests on a method worked out by a woman employed as a human computer at Harvard for a few cents an hour

Much of what we know about the scale of the universe rests on a method worked out by a woman who was employed, at the time, as a human computer at the...

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Science • Jun 02

James Webb Space Telescope Takes Fingerprints Of 3I/ATLAS

Twice in December, the James Webb Space Telescope gathered its first chemical fingerprint of an interstellar visitor. Comet 3I/ATLAS observations were made...

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Science • Jun 02

Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years.

Quanta's "The Dirt That Refused To Die" follows a French lab that sterilized soil with gamma radiation, sealed it in jars, and watched it keep breathing...

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Science • Jun 02

Meteor over Cape Cod Bay shakes seismometers at Woods Hole

Seismometers caught a rare meteor blast over Cape Cod Bay, giving Woods Hole scientists a unique look at the explosion.

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Science • Jun 02

Hundreds report seeing fireball shoot across Chicago-area skies. See it here

Hundreds of people from the suburbs of Chicago to northwest Indiana to Michigan and beyond reported seeing a fireball soar across the sky, according to...

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Science • Jun 02

Scientists locate source of mysterious radio signals after 20 year search: A vampire star and its victim

The clashing magnetic fields of a white dwarf star and its neighboring red dwarf star are the source of signals from space that have remained a puzzle for...

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Science • Jun 02

R1 Conditions Return with Low-level M-class Flares

R1 radio blackout conditions occurred on June 2nd due to isolated M-class flares from Regions 4461 on the southeast limb and 4455 near center disk.

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Science • Jun 02

3I/ATLAS is releasing methane, scientists discover — Harvard scientist thinks it's further evidence of aliens

Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb claims that 3I/ATLAS' methane emissions during its solar fly-by are potential indicators that it could be trying to seed the...

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Science • Jun 02

VIDEO: Meteor passes across sky over Sodus

A sight to see in the night sky late Monday night!Check out this awesome video a video sent WSBT of a meteor flying over Sodus!It happened around 11 p.m.You...

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Science • Jun 02

Hundreds report seeing fireball across Michigan

Monday night, June 1, people across Michigan reported seeing a fireball across the sky.

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Science • Jun 02

Rare meteorite provides evidence of giant early planet

Four-and-a-half billion years ago, a massive world—possibly as big as the moon or even Mars—orbited our sun before crashing into another celestial body and...

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Science • Jun 02

A thief took $50,000 worth of bikes; the cops didn't care

Somehow, a Bay Area bike thief knew exactly where area riders lived and what was in their garages. To get their bikes back, owners had to do most of the...

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Science • Jun 02

Single cell transforms into cannibalistic 'supergiant,' swallowing its clones whole

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered a microscopic organism that can transform into a cannibalistic "supergiant" that...

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